The most underrated XI of all time in cricket
These players never got the deserved limelight but they always did the job for the team.
4. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Speaking of underrated cricketers, one cannot find a better name than Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Chanderpaul, who has been the mainstay of West Indies’ batting line-up for almost two decades, after making his debut in 1994. In 164 test matches, the Caribbean player mustered 11,867 runs, belonging to the elite club of players maintaining their average above 50 throughout their prolonged career.
His tally of 41 tons and 125 half-centuries speaks volumes of his calibre at the international level. As Indian great Sachin Tendulkar prepared for his 200th and farewell Test, Shivnarine Chanderpaul also quietly went about gearing up for what was his 150th Test when the two sides faced off at the Wankhede Stadium on November 2013.
If this doesn’t say much about how this batting great’s career achievements were overshadowed and gone unnoticed by everything and everyone else around his disciplined stay at the top, we don’t know what else will. For all his services to the Caribbean team, he was subjected to needless pressure by the administration and eventually bid goodbye to international cricket in January 2016 without getting a farewell match.
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